you might need a custom railway.json.
This tool might help with making one: https://railpack.crisog.com

https://docs.railway.com/guides/monorepo#automatic-import-for-javascript-monorepos

mentions that it will automatically detect the services in the monorepo, but i only see 1 service which is the monorepo, it's not splitting each service separately.

yes, therefore, you might need a custom railway.json.

If you set up a public repo with an minimal example setup, I can help debugging this issue

does not answer my question. Do i need a seperate railway.json for each? where do i put it under each package? if so then the monorepo will not be able to install packages that are dependent from other packages

I'll set one up shortly, thank you

the railway.json file should be in the root of the repository.

https://github.com/Salam81/railway-test

here is a minimal repo

Doing so does not include the workspace dependencies.

https://github.com/Salam81/railway-test/blob/main/package.json

Alright. I'm going to send in a PR.

For one service, your API, you'll set the root directory to be nothing. Set the start command to be bun start:api.

For your UI, set the root directory to be apps/ui. The rest should be automatic for that.

Beautiful, the api seems to be working, but the UI still returns the same error

bun install --frozen-lockfile

bun install v1.3.1 (89fa0f34)

Resolving dependencies

Resolved, downloaded and extracted [172]
error: Workspace dependency "@Railway#2379-test/contracts" not found

Searched in "./*"

Workspace documentation: https://bun.com/docs/install/workspaces
error: elysia@catalog: failed to resolve
error: @elysiajs/eden@catalog: failed to resolve
error: @Railway#2379-test/contracts@workspace:* failed to resolve

Hmm. I didn't see usage of those APIs, but I guess they're needed. Going to look again, brb.

They're under the
"@railway-test/contracts": "workspace:*" package, elysia is used in the catalog

Almost there…

Here we go.

Set your UI service back to no root directory.

Scroll to "Custom Build Command" and set it to cd apps/ui && bun vite build
Add a variable called RAILPACK_SPA_OUTPUT_DIR and set it to apps/ui/dist

@P1NKPR0 ^^

:D

I'm also going to submit a PR that allows you to connect these two services. Right now you're just looking on localhost.

checking it now

You're a legend! thank you

Huzzah.

@Sam any idea how i can acheive this or if i even should?

https://elysiajs.com/patterns/deploy.html

Are you referring to a specific part of that? There's a lot there

I can help you implement a Dockerfile which I believe will do all of the compilation in one shot, and won't require much of any setup at all.

But smaller size doesn't matter on Railway, and I can't imagine the memory usage will differ that much either

i currently have this build script under apps/api

"build": "NODE_ENV=production bun build --compile --minify --target=bun-linux-x64 --outfile dist/server ./src/index.ts"

which builds a single executable, how can i make the railway service run that executable

You'll need to change three things:

• Your build command (in Railway): bun --filter @railway-test/api build

• Your start command (in Railway): ./apps/api/dist/server.

I'll try that on my fork

Oh shoot, this is not for the UI

Editing

Latest edit above is working for me ^^

Works, thank you